Archive for February, 2010

Don’t look now but your Maryland Terrapins have the most important game in years coming up this Wednesday. The Terps will host Duke with a share of 1st place in the ACC on the line. Yep, a team picked by most to finish in the bottom half of the ACC has secured 2nd place and has a chance to tie for 1st with a win over Duke.

MD is coming off of a 104-100 victory over VT this weekend, the first road win vs Tech since they joined the ACC. Greivis pumped in 41 pts…anyone who shoots 43 times in a game should score 41, but it’s still impressive. Greivis is writing the final chapters of his legacy at MD and quite frankly, a win over Duke and a run in the NCAA tournament may push him into top 3 all-time status.

I can’t wait to see how this plays out and I know where I’ll be at 9pm on Wednesday. Fear the Turtle.

Guessing by the 2.8 million views on YouTube, I’m way behind on this one…but who invented this? Jenna Jameson? Tony Romo?

Ladies, you don’t have to spend $19.95 plus shipping for this, I’m pretty sure you have something similar lying around the house…in fact it’s sitting in the lazy-boy under a laptop in our house right now!

Now, maybe you may need to alternate hands instead of using both at the same time and maybe your workout will not last 6 minutes, but you have to start somewhere. Build those biceps, it works…just look at my forearms.

Happy birthday Eddie Murray. “Ed-die, Ed-die,” played 13 seasons from 1977-88 and 1996. Eddie was a 3-time Gold Glove winner, 7-time All-Star and the 1977 ROY as an Oriole. Eddie is one of only 4 players in the history of MLB to have 500+ HR’s and 3,000+ hits (Aaron, Mays & Palmeiro.) Look, I can go on forever about Eddie’s accolades…quite simply he’s one of the greatest players to ever play for the Orioles or MLB for that matter. He’s also one of my favorite players of all time, you can check the back of my little league baseball card from 1985 if you want proof. Happy 54th Mr. Murray.

Happy birthday Steve Blake. Steve played 4 seasons for the Maryland Terps and 2 seasons for the Wizards from 2000-05. Steve was the first ACC player to ever compile 1,000 pts, 800 assist, 400 rebs and 200 stls in a career. Steve averaged 7.9 pts in the Terps 2002 NCAA Championship season. Steve’s #25 was retired by Maryland in 2003. Happy 30th Mr. Blake.

Yes, I am stupid, I name the blog post “4 Skins,” it was that are “Dirty 4′s.”

It’s the time of the year to get lost in 40 yard dash times and mock drafts. The combine starts this weekend and the Redskins are, in the words of Bruce Allen, “moving Redskins Park to Indianapolis for the week.” And although the Skins have a new regime in place, I’m still reading that the Skins are looking for the best available player…same plan Vinny had. Now, I’m not bashing anything yet…but picking the best “player” available is how we ended up with Devin Thomas, Malcolm Kelly and Fred Davis.

Most mock drafts have the Skins picking either Sam Bradford or Jimmy Clausen. I’m totally out on Bradford and lukewarm on Clausen. Truth be told, I probably could be sold on Clausen. If I were running the Redskins draft? I’d trade the pick down and pick up a lower 1st round pick and add an extra 2nd rounder. Use the 1st round pick to grab one of the 7 OT’s projected to go in the 1st round, then you have 2 picks to spend on your choice of CB, QB or RB…quality players will be available. In fact, besides the depth at OT available in the first round, CB’s are especially deep (a need position for the Skins.) And I’m not opposed to trying on a Tebow or Pike QB pick in the 2nd.

But, let’s assume the Skins are going to draft a QB…here’s my take on Sam and Jimmy.

Sam Bradford: He’s coming off shoulder surgery and any shoulder surgery to the throwing arm of a NFL QB is MAJOR shoulder surgery. Bradford has proved to be injury prone in college, suffering concussions and breaking his wrist as well. Bradford needs to pack on major muscle to possibly withstand the rigors of being a NFL QB. Especially a QB who has no O-line, he can consult with Jason Campbell about that. Lastly, Sam has a problem with the Redskins name and I can understand that being that he is a Native American. There’s no need to complicate that whole deal.

Jimmy Clausen: Clausen has all the tools and has played in a pro-style offense for the past 3 years under Charlie Weiss. Initially, I had a problem with a QB who lost 6 games his senior season at Notre Dame. But, Clausen threw 15TD’s and had only 2 INT’s in those 6 losses. He does need a new bathing suit.

Clausen (maybe) or trade down. What do you think? Do you like Bradford…tell me what you want the Skins to do in the comments section or on Twitter/Facebook.

I’ve been swamped with “real world” stuff so I’m sorry for the lack of updates. Look forward to an Orioles and Redskins feature in the next couple days. In the meantime check out these great items I’ve been reading.

Happy birthday John Shelby. “T-bone” was an OF who played 7 seasons for the Orioles from 1981-87. John was a 1st round pick who wore #37 (thirty-seven!) John was an excellent defensive player who batted .239-31-138 during his Orioles tenure. John was traded during the 87’ season to the Dodgers in exchange for Tom Niedenfuer. John was a 2-time World Series champion. In retirement John got into coaching and is currently the Orioles 1B coach. John also has a son who plays for the White Sox organization. Happy 52nd Mr. Shelby.

Happy birthday Bobby Bonilla. Bobby played 2 seasons for the Orioles from 1995-96. Bobby came to the Orioles in a trade with the Mets in exchange for Damon Buford and Alex Ochoa…a trade that proved to be a steal for the O’s. Bobby played OF-3B-DH for the Orioles and wore #26. Bobby hit .300-38-162 during his Oriole tenure. Bobby retired after the 2001 season as a 6-time All-Star. Happy 47th Mr. Bonilla.

Happy birthday Terry Allen. Terry played 4 seasons for the Redskins from 1995-98. #21 rushed for 4,086 yards during his tenure and was a Pro Bowler in 96‘. During that 96’ season Terry had 1,547 yards and 21TD’s…can you say fantasy stud? Terry is one the 70 Greatest Redskins. Happy 42nd Mr. Allen.